So, Chappy 11. Sorry for the wait everyone, my mom doesn't really trust fan fiction, so I've had to wait. So thanks for sticking with me and hopefully chappy 12 will be up soon! Oh, and there is some Spanish in this chappy, but the translations follow in parentheses. Disclaimer: I don't own, I rent!
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"Drake, how old are you today?" asked Mark, his camera filming his son.
Drake held up three fingers, "Dis many," he said.
"I can't believe he's three already, a year went by so quick," Marie said, reminiscing on all that had happened in that year.
"Yep, soon enough he'll be going to school, dating, wanting to drive, going to college, getting married,"
"Stop! I don't want to think about it Lorana; he's going to be my little boy until he's 30."
"Marie, you're not even 30 yet," Lorana reminded her.
"Mommy, I wanna open pwestents!" Drake exclaimed eagerly.
"You know the rule, cake first." Marie smiled.
"CAKE!"
"I'll go get it," Lorana said. A minute or so later she returned with a pure chocolate cake. Marie had to hold Drake still. "Okay everybody, cake time!" Lorana said in a somewhat sing-song way.
"No song?" Drake asked.
"Of course we're going to sing, sill, we can't eat birthday cake without singing first," Marie said.
'Happy Birthday' was sung, Drake made a wish, and blew out the candles in one puff. Marie then helped him cut the cake.
When the cake was finished, Drake asked, "Pwesents now?"
"Yes, now you may open your presents," Marie said. Mark filmed the eager young boy as he ripped through the paper. The first present revealed a stuffed cow.
"I tried to talk her out of it," Joanne said apologetically. Drake, deciding he like it, pulled the cow into a one-arm hug, and refused to set it down the rest off the night.
"Maureen, what's its name?" he asked.
"Elsie," Maureen replied.
"Moo!" Drake said with delight. Mark groaned.
"Maureen," he complained, "I was trying to forget that performance." Maureen laughed.
"Moo!" Drake repeated, a huge smile across his lips; everyone but Mark laughed. Drake continued opening presents, still clutching Elsie.
8:30 rolled around, and Marie carried a protesting Drake off to bed. "Night Drake, night Elsie," she said turning off the light.
"Night mommy." Marie walked back to the living room. Jake and Lorana were each holding one of the twins, they were waiting at the door. Marie walked over and gave her best friend a hug from the side.
"Come visit us anytime ya like," Lorana said opening the door. "And that goes for everybody." Mimi instantly stood, and followed them out the door.
"Well, since your wife went with them, you wanna hang out here?" asked Mark.
"Sure," Roger said, not really certain.
"You seem troubled," Marie said while picking up the paper plates that the cake had been on.
"She is right you know, you do seem troubled," Mark said.
"You wanna tell us about it?" asked Marie.
"No, not really," Roger said with a nod indicating to where Maureen and Joanne sat talking.
"I saw that Roger," Joanne said without so much as a glance in his direction.
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Meanwhile in Lorana's apartment, after the twins had been changed and put into bed, Mimi and Lorana spoke to each other in Spanish.
"Que paso?" (What's up?) Lorana asked. Mimi looked slightly reserved.
"Yo tengo no deca algono uno pero Roger." (I have not told anyone but Roger.)
"Asi?" (So?)
"El es mi esposo," (He is my husband) Mimi said.
"Aquel es tu eleccion." (That's your choice.) Mimi glared momentarily at Lorana.
"Yo carino el," (I love him) Mimi said defiantly. Lorana pointed to the door. There stood a completely baffled Roger. "Hi baby," Mimi said with a giggle. Lorana attempted to hold back laughter.
"Night guys," Lorana said before closing and locking the door behind them.
"What were you talking to Lorana about?" Roger asked as they walked home.
"Us."
"Oh really, what did you say?"
"I told her I wanted to adopt, but you didn't think it was a good idea."
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So there you have it! I hope to get chappy 12 up soon. Thanks to all of you who've reviewed. Also, I had to use a Spanish dictionary for some of it, and my computer doesn't understand Spanish, so I had to guess on some of the spelling; I am a Spanish 2 student at my high school, though. Any way, please tell me what you think! Love ya all! Diva